Sakaye mikami



(No Model.)

- S. MIKAMI.

POTATO CUTTER.

Nor 573,099. Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

'NrrEn STATES ATENT F FICE.

POTATO-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,099, dated December15, 1896. Application filed May 23,1896. Serial No. 592,714.. on model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAKAYE MIKAMI, a subject of the Mikado of Japan,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato-Cutters; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to vegetable cutters or mashers, and moreparticularly to a potatoslicer.

The object of the present invention is the provision of an extremelysimple, cheap, and superior slicer especially adapted for cuttingpotatoes into small pieces suitable for frying.

The invention consists of certain peculiar features and combinationswhich will appear more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing theslicer open; Fig. 2, a sectional side elevation showing the slicerclosed, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the removable slicing frame andknives.

A and B designate a pair of levers provided with handles 1 and 2,respectively, and hinged together at 3. The lower member carries asquare compression-box 4, curved in the arc of a circle. This box isopen at the top, but is provided with a bottom, now to be described.

A removable square frame 5 is adapted for connection to thecompression-box by fastening devices 6. This frame fits the sides ofsaid box snugly and its bottom is formed of fixed parallel sets ofslicing-knives 'Z and 8, having their edges upward.

These sets of knives cross each other in the manner shown, therebyproviding square openings 9.

A square plunger 10, curved in the arc of a circle, is connected to theupper lever A by a screw 11 and is adapted to fit snugly thecompression-box when lowered thereinto. For the sake of lightness thisplunger may be made of tin or other suitable sheet metal.

The invention is used in the following manner: The potatoes are-put intothe compression-box and the upper lever rocked so as to force theplunger into the box. As pressure is exerted on the potatoes they arecut up into slices by the knives and fall through the openings onto aplate over which the device should be used.

The framework carrying the knives can be removed and replaced by anotherhaving smaller or larger openings, so that slices or cuttings of anydesired size can be obtained.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is- In apotato slicer, the combination with handle-levers hinged together, of acurved compression-box connected to one lever and open at the top, aremovable bottom for said compression-box which bottom consists of anopen frame and series of cutting-knives crossing each other in the formof a grating, and a curved plunger connected to the other handle-leverand adapted for insertion in the compression-box; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SAKAYE MIKAMI. Witnesses MARY K. MAXWELL, MABEL O. CRAFT.

